Public seminar: Eating our way to climate chaos

PUBLIC SEMINAR: 12 August 2022

Durban Botanic Gardens | 09h30–13h00

Climate change and the industrialised food system: From farm-to-plate-to-landfill, the way we produce, distribute and waste our food is responsible for a whopping one-third of all greenhouse gas emissions. Read more here Biowatch Fact Sheet: Climate change and the industrialised food system.

You are invited to join the conversation about how we can transform the food system together. 

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PROGRAMME:

09h30–10h00: Registration, tea and coffee

10h00–10h15: Welcome, introductory overview

10h15–10h55: Climate change and the industrialised food system: what the science is telling us

10h55–11h35: False solutions to the climate crisis

11h35–11h50: Short break

11h50–12h10: Agroecology for food sovereignty and climate justice

12h10–12h50: Sharing and discussion

12h50–13h00: Closing, way forward

13h00: Light lunch